There are growing signs that repeal of the medical-device tax, fervently sought by the politically potent device industry, may be a key element in resolving the impasse in Congress over the budget and raising the debt ceiling.
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Information technology officers and their CEOs will be forced to make some tough choices in the months ahead. On a battlefield, it is called triage.
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Visitors to the glitch-plagued HealthCare.gov site now can bypass the temperamental application interface and compare plans anonymously, as some of the state-run exchanges previously made possible. HHS added the feature after 10 days marked by system outages and lengthy wait times.
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A credit analyst for not-for-profit healthcare providers cautions that the new state health insurance exchanges may introduce more short-term risk than benefit.
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Community Health Systems still expects to own Health Management Associates within the next six months in spite of developments on two fronts that could extend the review period for the transaction between the two investor-owned chains.
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CaroMont Health in Gastonia, N.C., is suing the company that used to staff its hospitalist medicine program, alleging breach of contract and unfair and deceptive labor practices.
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There are growing signs that repeal of the medical-device tax, fervently sought by the politically potent device industry, may be a key element in resolving the impasse in Congress over the budget and raising the debt ceiling.
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Healthcare providers are threatening to sue insurers that pass along a 2% rate cut imposed on their Medicare Advantage plan payments under the federal budget sequestration law.
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Executives at Seattle Children's Hospital said they were stunned to learn they had been excluded from two health plans on Washington's new insurance exchange—but the same scenario may be playing out behind closed doors in higher-cost hospitals across the country.
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Choice of healthcare provider often ranks second only to cost when consumers choose a health insurance plan. But for visitors to the new federally facilitated and state-run insurance exchanges, their ability to...
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The physicians expected to provide the care to exchange plan members are wary about the new program, according to a Medical Group Management Association survey.
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Some major health insurers have reduced patient cost-sharing for preventive drugs out of a growing realization that lowering cost-sharing improves compliance and cuts the total cost of care.
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Nearly 15 years after the patient-safety movement started, deaths and injuries from poor care continue to be all too common in U.S. hospitals. For example, studies show that between 21% and 63% of urinary catheters, which frequently cause painful infections...
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This year, companies in our Best Places to Work in Healthcare program were asked to submit photos along with their applications. We were overwhelmed by the number and array of pictures we received. After checking out the examples on...
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PORTLAND, Maine—Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems acquired Mercy Health System in Portland on Oct. 2 after winning approval from state regulators. Mercy was previously owned by Catholic Health East, which recently merged with Trinity Health and is Brewer-based EMHS' eighth hospital in...
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AUSTIN, Texas—The Texas Health Services Authority and the Health Information Trust Alliance are partnering to develop and implement a program that will improve the security of health information for Texas residents. The two organizations will run the Texas Covered Entity Privacy and...
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CLEVELAND—Healthcare leaders and local officials celebrated the completion of the Global Center for Health Innovation, a long-planned venue to showcase healthcare technology and ideas. Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald told about 400 invited guests to the Oct. 8 ceremony that the...
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LOS ANGELES—City of Hope, a comprehensive cancer center based in Duarte, Calif., reached a preliminary deal with Providence Health & Services to provide oncology services at the system's Southern California network of hospitals, doctors' offices and clinics. The two healthcare...
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Information technology officers and their CEOs will be forced to make some tough choices in the months ahead. On a battlefield, it is called triage.
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A recent survey of some 2,500 doctors conducted by Dr. Jon Tilburt at the Mayo Clinic and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association was full of good news for those of us who believe that, as physicians, we have a big role to play in controlling healthcare costs. It reveals...
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Regarding your recent cover story on medical homes “Finding their way home,” Oct. 7, p. 6), it's fascinating to see the divergence of findings. A major Blues plan is moving ahead with wider implementation...
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A list of healthcare's 20 most frequently billed Medicare DRGs, ranked by 2011 Medicare patient discharges. Source: Truven Health Analytics. Published Oct. 14, 2013, p. 32.
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In a series of leadership changes prompted by HCA CEO Richard Bracken's retirement at the end of this year, William Rutherford will become CFO and executive VP. Rutherford, 49, joined Nashville-based HCA in 1986 as a staff auditor and has served in a variety of roles, most recently as...
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A hearing over the Internal Revenue Service and Affordable Care Act, alas, didn't have quite the collegial tone as the MGMA meeting. Indeed, it got downright devilish.
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While the atmosphere at the Medical Group Management Association annual conference in San Diego was highly collegial, some traces of Washington's toxic political environment did seep into the event.
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Outliers knows there are all kinds of ways to promote healthier eating habits, so we were intrigued to hear about two universities that are putting some solutions right in students' hands.
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